Recipe Swap
Just in tune for all you last minute bunnies, we have a
recipe for coloring Easter eggs with natural dyes. So
round up your eggs, cabbages, and oranges and get dip
ping.
When we think of Easter eggs, we think of hard-boiled
eggs. Actually, eggs should not be boiled. Boding causes
the eggs to form a greenish color around the outside of the
yolks. To hard-cook eggs, place eggs in a pan and cover
with cold water. Bring the water to a bod over medium
heat and remove the pan from the heat. Cover and let
stand for 15 minutes Rinse with cold water and dram.
HOW TO DYE EASTER EGGS NATURALLY
Place uncooked eggs in a single layer in a saucepan.
Cover eggs with water. Add a teaspoon of vinegar. Add
one of the following for coloring.
bright blue red cabbage
light yellow orange peels
yellow-green carrot tops
light yellow-green celery tops
red red beets
yellow onions
For other colors, mix the above to get varied shades of
purple and other secondary colors.
The more eggs you use, the more tops and peelings you
will need. Brmg to a boil and reduce heat, simmering for
20 minutes. Remove tops and peelings from the pan and
let the eggs stand m the liquid overnight to get a darker
color. Be prepared for a nice surprise the following
morning.
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50th National
4-H Conference
to be held
WASHINGTON, DC. -
Three hundred delegates
will represent 5 million
young people at the 50th
National 4-H Conference in
Washington’s National 4-H
Center April 12-18.
All 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, and Guam
will send representatives.
This year’s theme is “4-H-
Expandmg Horizons,” and
several special events will
mark the golden an
niversary celebration.
Agriculture Secretary Bob
Bergland will take part in
one of the special events.
Bergland will speak on
“Youth and the Structure of
American Agriculture and
Rural Life” at 9 a.m. April 15
in the Jefferson Auditorim of
the USDA’s South Building
at 14th and Independence
Avenue, S.W.
Kenneth Gum, Jr., a 4-H
member and National
Presidential Tray winner
from Alabama, will give the
keystone address at the 4-H
center at 7 30 p m April 12.
Daughterly said the
delegates, who are 4-H
members, volunteer leaders
and staff, will divide into
groups to discuss 12 con
temporary topics of interest
to 4-H’ers throughout the
country
Some 500 delegates to
national 4-H conferences of
past years will swell the total
attendance to aoout 800
people. Many of the former
delegates now are successful
farmers, business leaders,
educators and public of
ficials.
“These 4-H alumni will
join this year’s 300 delegates
for festivities on April 13 of
the conference week,” said
Daugherty. “Events that
day will mclude a special
program at the USDA’s
Auditorium on the Mall,
visits by delegates and
alumni on Capitol Hill, with
historical exhibits and
receptions.”
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Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Eisser
Having recently acquired
a coverlet which was made
for my great, great grand
mother Elizabeth Wolf of
Earl Twp , I was enticed into
rereading some background
material on coverlets They
are quite different than the
bedcovering known as a
quilt
Both are brightly pat
terned but the quilt is often
pieced with scraps to form a
design and then the in
terlining and backing are
fastened together with small
stitches in an orderly pat
tern
The coverlet was first
woven on a loom in the home
but it soon was taken over by
craftsmen who came from
Europe and set up small
workshops The hand looms
were modified m the early
19th century to take a
jacquard mechanism per
fected by Joseph-Mane
Jacquard a French craft
sman who used cardboard
pattern cards When it was
done in the home, it was a
routine of everyday life and
when they found time or they
SHINDIG IN THE BARN PRESENTS
The
Chuck Wagon
Gang
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THE CHUCK WAGON GANG
pi- uS THE CORNERSTONE QUARTET
SATURDAY APRIL 12,1980
Show Time 8 P.M. - Doors Open 6.30 P.M.
Adults *5 Children 11-6*2
Under 6 FREE
Held At The Guernsey Barn
5 Miles East of Lancaster on Rt. 30
COMING - SAT. JULY 5:
THE LEWIS FAMILY
had a need they made these
coverings which were at
tractive and protective in
daytime and warm at night
The warp threads are
usually undyed cotton or
linen and the weft threads
are colored wool and form
the pattern
It is interesting to learn
how they dyed the wool
Indigo from the East Indies
or the Carohnas was an
extraordinary important dye
used for a blue color The red
was produced by using
madder from the plant root
or by using more costly
cochineal Thislatter product
is made by crushing the
bodies of a small South
American insect
Black oak bark, yellow
dock and hickory bark were
used for a yellow dye Green
was a two-dye process-blue
over yellow or vice versa By
__ using wool from a black
sheep they eliminated the
need for such a dye
The weight of my 1836
coverlet made by Benji A
Kiehl is simply amazing for
a piece of fabric of its size
Kiehl was born in 1807 in
Berks County and moved to
Lancaster County in 1822
where he worked as a
weaver four miles east of
Lancaster along the New
Holland Pike
There are only about half a
dozen “known” coverlets
that he made in the 24 years
he worked at this location
I’m very pleased to be the
owner of one of them